Buchanan Masterclass at the University of Liverpool

The second Buchanan Masterclass was organised by Dr Angela Tellier for the University of Liverpool, with support from EAB, and was hosted at the university's Foresight Centre.

The programme offered three main seminar strands, each comprising eight sessions, with four additional sessions exploring some ticklish aspects of Esperanto grammar, analysed using FDG (Functional Discourse Grammar). Participants were able to mix-and-match sessions according to preference.

Esperanto language: (beginners and post-beginners), taught by Anna Löwenstein, a member of the Esperanto Academy, and an author in both English and Esperanto.

Esperanto literature: a discussion group in English or Esperanto (according to the participants) analysing key Esperanto texts led by Dr Paul Gubbins, president of the Esperanto Association of Britain and editor of Star in a Night Sky, a bilingual anthology from which the texts were drawn.

Esperantology and Esperanto culture:

Esperanto grammar: sessions in English exploring some ticklish aspects of Esperanto grammar led by Prof. Wim Jansen, former professor of interlinguistics at the University of Amsterdam.